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Work described in this story was made possible in part by federal funding supported by taxpayers. At Harvard Medical School, the future of efforts like this — done in service to humanity — now hangs in the balance due to the government’s decision to terminate large numbers of federally funded grants and contracts across Harvard University. When the lungs are attacked by a virus, the damage doesn’t stop there. The body’s natural defenses cause inflammation while fighting the virus, often leaving lasting problems. Studying mice and lung organoids, a team of Harvard Medical School researchers has…

On August 26, 2025, the Harvard Business School Class of 2027 assembled on campus for the first time to begin their two-year MBA experience. Dean Srikant Datar; Jana Kierstead, executive director of MBA, Doctoral, and External Relations; Professor Tsedal Neeley, senior associate dean and chair of the MBA Program; Professor Rob Huckman, senior associate dean for External Relations, and Student Association co-presidents Sabine Nau and Camille Dawson welcomed students with an invitation to invest in their community and engage in the discussion, deliberation, and debate that is central to the case method of teaching and learning.

During his Class Day remarks earlier this year, Harvard Medical School Dean George Q. Daley made a promise to the newly minted MDs and DMDs gathered on the HMS Quad: “Harvard Medical School will always seek the truth, veritas — it is our motto.” Now, the School is underscoring that commitment in both words and bricks and mortar. In recognition of new philanthropic support for its highest priorities, HMS is renaming the New Research Building (NRB) as the Veritas Science Center (VSC). Get more HMS news “I’m enormously grateful for the opportunity to infuse our scientific community with essential…